Lifestyle Tech Conference by Jumpstart Media
09 July 2020 (Thu) | 14:00 – 18:45 HKT
| Time | Speakers | Moderator |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-14:20 |
Opening Remarks Relena Sei CEO, Jumpstart Media Limited Doris Fong Head, Creative Industries, InvestHK Dr. Bernard Chan Pak-li, JP Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, HKSAR Government |
N/A |
| 14:20-14:30 |
Christine Ntim Chief Marketing Officer, Global Startup Ecosystem |
N/A |
| 14:30-14:45 |
Andrew Tang Partner, Draper Associates Mareme Dieng Head of Partnerships and International Relations, Draper University |
N/A |
| 14:45-15:10 |
AI/ Robotics Spencer Deng CEO and Co-Founder, Dorabot Jeanne Lim Board Director of Kami Intelligence and Hanson Robotics Kevin Wong CEO, Orii |
Melody |
| 15:10-15:25 |
Changpeng Zhao CEO, Binance |
Uptin Saiidi Multimedia Journalist CNBC International |
| 15:25-15:45 |
Corporate Innovation Ben Wong Assistant General Manager of Eureka Nova, a New World Group Lukas Petrikas Head of Innovation Lab, HKEX |
Lee Williamson |
| 15:45-16:05 |
COVID-19 Travel Panel Catherine So Managing Director, North Asia Region, Expedia Group Brands Bart Buiring Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Marriott International Asia Pacific |
Honnus Cheung |
| 16:05-16:30 |
Before They Were Unicorns Chibo Tang Partner, Gobi Partners China David Chang Managing Partner, Mindworks William Bao Bean SOSV |
Henny Sender Financial Times |
| 16:30-16:55 |
Cars Pinky Lai Founder & CEO, Brainchild Design Consultants Former Chief Designer, Porsche Albert Wong Director, Lamborghini Hong Kong/ Guangzhou/ Macau |
Alex Lau |
| 16:55-17:10 |
John-Simon Purcell Senior Director, Prosus Group/Naspers |
Uptin Saiidi Multimedia Journalist CNBC International |
| 17:10-17:25 |
The Changing Face of Commerce Jennifer Tam Director, Chicks Joe Wong Co-Founder, MXA |
Zela Chin Principal Reporter Pearl Magazine |
| 17:25-17:40 |
Manny Pacquiao Senator of the Philippines |
Relena Sei James Kwan |
| 17:40-18:00 |
The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Impact and Innovation Palis Pitsuttisarun Founder, Prism Jason Miao Founder, Executive Vice President / General Manager China / Senior PD Asia Pacific, Pacific Connect Group/ Kentech Group Ryan Figueiredo executive director of Equal Asia Foundation |
Jawing Lyster Consultant, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub |
| 18:00-18:20 |
Purposeful Business: Tangible Steps towards Impact Mark Gilmour Founder, Rising Brightly Allyn Shaw President and CTO, Recycle Track Systems (frm. Bank of America) John Basnage Managing Director, Full Circle Capital |
Yvette Burton Academic Director, Master of Science in Human Capital Management, Columbia University |
| 18:20-18:40 |
Decade of ACTION: Youth Leadership in Global Innovation Ahmad Ashkar CEO & Founder, Hult Prize Foundation Iim Fahima Jachja Founder and CEO, Queen Rides |
Kenneth Kwok |
| 18:40-18:45 | Melody Wrap Up | N/A |
Agenda Subject to Change
Speakers
Dr. Bernard Chan Pak-li,JP
Under-Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Dr. Bernard Chan Pak-li,JP
Under-Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, The Government of the HKSAR
Dr Bernard Chan Pak-li was Political Assistant to the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development from March 2013 to June 2017.
Before joining the Government, Dr Chan spent about 10 years working in the technology sector, gaining experience in intellectual property trading and crossover collaboration. From 2008 to 2013, Dr Chan served as a member of the Kwun Tong District Council.
Dr Chan holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering and a PhD degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University, USA.
CHANGPENG ZHAO
CEO, Binance
CHANGPENG ZHAO
CEO, Binance
Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, is a serial entrepreneur with an impressive track record of successful startups. He launched Binance in July 2017 and within 180 days, grew Binance into the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. An expert in blockchain and trading systems, CZ has built Binance into the leading blockchain ecosystem, comprised of Binance Exchange, Labs, Launchpad, Info, Academy, Research, Trust Wallet and Charity Foundation.
CZ is a Chinese-Canadian coder who spent his youth flipping burgers before studying at McGill University Montreal. He then spent time in Tokyo and New York, first building systems for matching trade orders, then developing software for Bloomberg’s futures trading on Wall Street. In 2005, CZ quit his role as head of the Bloomberg Tradebook Futures Research & Development team and moved to Shanghai to start Fusion Systems. Soon thereafter, he learned about Bitcoin and joined Blockchain.info as Head of Technology.
MANNY PACQUIAO
Senator of the Philippines
JAWYING HONEY LYSTER
Consultant, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
JAWYING HONEY LYSTER
Consultant, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub
Jawying (Honey) Lyster is a consultant in the HIV, Health & Development team at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Asia-Pacific, Bangkok Regional Hub. Her main focus is on marginalised communities, including LGBTI persons and people living with HIV, through the regional “Being LGBTI in Asia and the Pacific” and HIV programmes. As this year’s co-chair of the Inter-Agency Task Team on Young Key Populations (IATT YKP) she endeavours to encourage youth leadership and entrepreneurship, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which has dramatically changed the economic and employment landscape for young people and key populations. She aims to encourage LGBTI entrepreneurs, through targeted interventions at the regional and national level, to join the startup ecosystem and support their communities through innovative social enterprises.
Originally from London, Jawying is currently based in Bangkok and holds a Master of Science in Medical Humanities from King’s College London.
JOE WONG
Joe Wong, Co-Founder, GO Logistics & Storage (GOLS)
JOE WONG
Joe Wong, Co-Founder, GO Logistics & Storage (GOLS)
Joe is a serial entrepreneur and has over 20-years of experience advising and successfully executing on the vision and deliver on business strategies from start-ups to MNCs.
Joe has over 15 years of Investment Banking experience spanning corporate finance, sales and trading, private wealth, and institutional banking.
For the last 5 years, he has developed and grown his e-commerce logistics and fulfilment solution platform focused on the systemisation and streamlining of ecommerce fulfilment and fostering the sustainability of his clients businesses and operations through the efficient combination of innovation and technology with a touch of good old fashion hard work.
Most recently, Joe has been working on establishing MXA Group, which focuses on developing an ecosystem with three primary pillars of ecommerce (provision of goods to all), technology (driving productivity and sustainability) and social impact (simply making a difference)
CHRISTINE NTIM
Chief Marketing Officer, Global Startup Ecosystem
CHRISTINE NTIM
Chief Marketing Officer, Global Startup Ecosystem
Mrs. Christine Souffrant Ntim is an award-winning Haitian-American & Ghanaian, startup ecosystem expert for emerging markets. She was selected and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30, AdAge 40 Under 40, Haiti Changemakers 1804 List, Singularity NASA, Entrepreneur Magazine, Huffington Post, Inc Magazine and more. She speaks on digital entrepreneurship, personal branding, and future tech for emerging markets at over 20+ global conferences a year- which includes former appearances at the United Nations, Davos, TEDx, SXSW, European Union
Forum, US State Department Tours, Startup Grind Global, SeedStars World, and more. She started her career as the founder of Vendedy (currently a case study at Harvard business school)- a social network connecting people to street markets with the aim of digitizing a $10
trillion dollar black economy by centralizing the world’s street markets. Today she builds startup ecosystems around the world with her award winning digital accelerator platform – Global Startup Ecosystem which graduates over 1000+ companies across 90+ countries a year and high profile tech summits which aims to build tech hubs in emerging market countries like Haiti by 2030. For fun, she travels and binge watches top business shows with her husband and 2 beautiful baby girls.
JOHN M. BASNAGE
Managing Director, Full Circle Capital
JOHN M. BASNAGE
Managing Director, Full Circle Capital
After a 25-year career at three of the largest global law firms, where he ended up as head of capital markets in Europe, John left the legal world to join his colleagues at Full Circle Capital, a private investment firm, where he focusses on venture capital investments in an environment where collaboration, innovation, accountability and difference are valued and support our business and our clients. John has been an active angel investor over the years. He is deeply invested in innovation as a means to optimizing outcomes by addressing cognitive, structural and historical bias. He is excited to have gotten to know Allyn, Mark and Yvette and thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to dialog with them at the StartmeupHK Festival.
YVETTE BURTON, PH.D.
Professor of Professional Practice in Human Capital Management; Academic Director, Master of Science in Human Capital Management
YVETTE BURTON, PH.D.
Professor of Professional Practice in Human Capital Management; Academic Director, Master of Science in Human Capital Management
Yvette C. Burton, Ph.D., is a senior business strategy and human capital solutions executive with significant experience in designing scalable workforce solutions to enable business growth and innovation.
A seasoned executive with more than 20 years of global experience in high impact, integrated human capital strategies for the media, consumer, industrial product, and defense industries, Dr. Burton is a leading scholar-practitioner in new models for the “New World of Work” in a competitive global market.
Since 2015, she has served as Vice President, Workforce Solutions and Intelligence, for Lockheed Martin. In that role, she has accelerated the company’s global execution of strategic business objectives through the design and implementation of enterprise-wide integrated talent and workforce strategies. As a trusted advisor and strategist to Lockheed Martin’s Chief Human Resources Officer and executive leadership team, she provides direction for internal and sector excellence across core human capital capabilities, including talent acquisition, strategic workforce planning, HRIS/analytics, leadership development, talent management, M&A, and organizational effectiveness.
Prior to her tenure at Lockheed Martin, Dr. Burton was Director of Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Human Capital Consulting Practice for the consumer and industrial sectors, where she led the provision of advisory services to senior executive leaders on sustainable solutions to critical human capital performance and opportunity gaps for growth and innovation goals.
In addition, Dr. Burton served as interim CEO of The Arcus Foundation, a multinational charitable organization, where she reduced expenses by 30 percent, repositioned $25 million in programming investments, and improved operational efficiencies.
From 1999 until 2010, Dr. Burton held senior roles at IBM, including Senior Leadership Consultant and Executive Coach, Senior Business Strategist and Global Product Market Analyst, and Managing Business Research Director. Also during that time, she was Senior Executive for IBM’s Global Diversity-Driven Innovation Platform, which she created and led to generate more than $200 million in new business.
Earlier in her career, Dr. Burton held roles as a senior managing B2B solutions consultant, Healthcare Managing Consultant and Lead for Change Management at Ernst & Young, and National Organizational Development Director for the National League for Nursing.
ALLYN L. SHAW
President and CTO, Recycle Track Systems (frm. Bank of America)
ALLYN L. SHAW
President and CTO, Recycle Track Systems (frm. Bank of America)
A 25-year career in banking & technology where he was the first black queer Managing Director and COO of Cybersecurity at Bank of America, Allyn was recently named President & CTO at waste to energy and recycling company, Recycle Track Systems. Born in the 1970s crime-riddled Compton, Ca, Allyn’s journey was hardly a straight line. Still, it informed his urgency, passion, and purpose working with John, Mark, and Yvette in breaking the socio-economic cycle and systemic racism destroying underrepresented communities at an alarming rate.
JASON YU MIAO
Founder, Executive Vice President / General Manager China / Senior PD Asia Pacific, Pacific Connect Group / Kenneth Group
JASON YU MIAO
Founder, Executive Vice President / General Manager China / Senior PD Asia Pacific, Pacific Connect Group / Kenneth Group
I am the founder and Executive Vice president of Pacific Connect Group (PCG) where we have offices in London UK, Hong Kong, and Calgary Canada since 2015. PCG focuses on distributing high quality medical devices internationally I am also a dynamic and analytical leader in Oil & Gas with international experience in Canada, the United States, Middle East, and Asia. Helped Kentech international Group (4000 Employees, 350M revenue) started the China office which represents 2/3 of the company revenue in the next 5 years.
LIM FAHIMA
Founder and CEO, Queenrides
LIM FAHIMA
Founder and CEO, Queenrides
Lim Fahima Jachja is a Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum and Founder and CEO of Queenrides, an online-offline community platfom with 4 pillars: Road Safety, Economic Empowerment, Parenting and Leadership. Having more than 200K community all over Indonesia with strong engagement, routine and well-planned activities, Queenrides is now a collaboration platform for public, private sectors, NGOs and also Government. In 2018, Queenrides selected by The World Economic Forum as one of the leading startups of the ASEAN region.
Iim often invited to speak about mobility, start-ups, women empowerment & entrepreneurship at global forums i.e. World Economic Forum Davos, FIA Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Conference, Nissan Future, ADB Regional Conference and many more.
Before Queenrides, Iim was significant role in the digital advertising industry. Founder and CEO Virus Communication who brought the trend of digital advertising to Indonesia in 2005, the company won many pitches local and regional. In 2011 Iim was appointed CEO of Virtual Consulting (VIRTUCO) that owns Musikkamu.com with 20 million paid subscribers; Gila Motor, media with the most engage online-offline motorbike community with 700.000 members.
– Mentioned as one of 9 Young World Changers by World Economic Forum Davos 2019
– 10 Indonesia Young Leaders who received President Jokowi’s Biography.
– 2014 Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum
– 25 Asia Best Young Entrepreneur 2009 by Business Week Magz
MARK GILMOUR
Founder, Rising Brightly
MARK GILMOUR
Founder, Rising Brightly
Recently an executive in Richard Branson’s family office, Virgin Management, and previously an aviation and telco marketing specialist, Mark is now on a mission to put what he’s learned from corporate life (and quite often what he hasn’t learned) to good use. Seeing life in pictures and words, he is passionate about purposeful brand building, ultimately sparking a world of understanding, kindness and wellbeing for all. He is thrilled and honoured to be starting the next chapter of his journey with Yvette, Allyn and John from whom he has a lot to learn and with whom he is sure to make some waves and have fun.
SPENCER DENG
CEO and Co-Founder, Dorabot
SPENCER DENG
CEO and Co-Founder, Dorabot
Spencer brings to Dorabot years of experience in logistics and finance. Prior to co-founding Dorabot, Spencer held senior positions at UPS and J.P. Morgan and worked with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Spencer was listed in the Forbes China 30 Under 30 in 2017 and Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 in 2018, and he was named as one of the 2019 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs in Asia by Goldman Sachs.
PINKY LAI
Founder & CEO, Brainchild Design Consultants
Former Chief Designer, Porsche
PINKY LAI
Founder & CEO, Brainchild Design Consultants
Former Chief Designer, Porsche
Former chief designer of Porsche from 1989 to 2014 and BMW from 1984 to 1988, winning 11 International awards, and the creator of 911(996 production), Porsche Cayman, Porsche Boxster, and BMW 3-series (E36).
Pinky Lai is one of the most important designers in Porsche’s history, with his intuitive design and production expertise, he not only prevented Porsche from going under, but was the catalyst for the future generations to come and the dominance they now have as a luxury sports car brand.
Since 2014 he is the founder & CEO of Brainchild Design Consultants – Germany, Spain, and Hong Kong, with expertise in design, R&D, homologation, manufacturing (for limited production and exclusive series) of electrification Hypercars, Supercar, private & Industrial vehicles (Buses).
He has been a speaker at multiple universities (Hong Kong, Oklahoma, Taiwan, China and Japan), WPO, Moet-Hennessy, and multiple publications.
ALEX LAU
Moderator
ALEX LAU
Moderator
Accumulated 8 years’ experience as a financier, Alex’s involvement with high net worth individuals has allowed him to have access to a multitude of resources, ranging from technology, real estate, the auto industry, and healthcare.
With a passion for innovation and collaboration, Alex is always learning and discovering what can be done effectively and better.
PALIS PISUTTISARUN
Founder, Prism Technologies
PALIS PISUTTISARUN
Founder, Prism Technologies
A teenage entrepreneur, engineer, and activist at heart, Palis captures innovation at the forefront of his various startups—these including initiatives in sustainable design engineering, LGBTQ+ digital freedom, and inclusive educational technologies and policymaking. He is recognized for his work in inventing an origami-inspired tactile mathematical visualization tool that is nationally implemented to teach geometry to blind children, and developing homophobia recognition artificial intelligence software adopted by online LGBTQ+ support chat networks in over ninety countries worldwide. Now a student at Harvard University, Palis is determined to meaningfully combine his passion for human-centered technology and advocacy through disruptive social entrepreneurship ideas.
LUKAS PETRIKAS
Head of Innovation Lab. HKEX
LUKAS PETRIKAS
Head of Innovation Lab. HKEX
The HKEX Innovation Lab explores and accelerates creative new applications of technology at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), one of the world’s most pioneering financial market operators.
Lukas’ team runs a portfolio of projects that apply targeted AI, smart automation and knowledge-based solutions to augment HKEX’s operations in areas such as IPO admission, listed company regulation, market data and surveillance.
The 2,700 companies listed in Hong Kong include some of the most exciting entrepreneurial growth stories of the modern era, and HKEX strives to use the full resources of this incredible network to make the city’s capital markets more open, more accessible to younger generations and, above all, more interesting to human and machine intelligence alike.
Lukas has been involved in a number of flagship initiatives that have put Hong Kong on the international markets map, including the acquisition of London Metal Exchange, China-Hong Kong Stock Connect, Bond Connect, and the landmark reforms of the city’s IPO regime that has propelled it to the #1 listing venue in the world over the past decade. Before joining HKEX in 2012, Lukas was an investment banker with Rothschild focused on structuring bank bailouts during the global financial crisis, most memorably those of Lehman Brothers, Fortis, ABN AMRO and the Irish banking sector.
AHMAD ASHKAR
CEO & Founder, Company Hult Prize Foundation
AHMAD ASHKAR
CEO & Founder, Company Hult Prize Foundation
Mr. Ahmad Ashkar is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Hult Prize Foundation – named in a TIME Magazine cover story featuring the top five ideas changing the world. He is also the founding CEO of Falafel Inc, a fast growing, venture backed social enterprise which feeds and empowers refugees around the world. Mr. Ashkar’s startups, learning programs and companies have been recognized as some of the most impactful and innovative in the world. In 2018, the Hult Foundation was selected as, “One of the World’s Most Innovative Companies” as awarded by Fast Company and in 2019, Ashkar was selected to the 2019 Gulf Business “Top 100 Most Powerful Arabs” power ranking while Falafel Inc was selected as one of the city’s top new restaurants by Yelp and Buzz Feed.
Ahmad resides in Northern Virginia with his wife Tanya and four children. He is the author of the forthingcoming book, “The Pursuit of Impact.”
ALBERT WONG
Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Kingsway Holdings
ALBERT WONG
Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Kingsway Holdings
Mr. Albert Wong is the son of Mr. Leo Wong. He joined Kingsway in 2010 and now oversees the day to day operations of the Group. Under his guidance, Kingsway has expanded its geographical footprint of operations as well as business divisions including electric vehicle servicing, hypercar distribution and car related lifestyle solutions.
Prior to joining Kingsway, Mr. Wong worked in the financial services industry for more than 10 years focusing on capital raising and asset management. In 2007, he co-founded JVSakk Group, a licensed asset management corporation under the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. Mr. Wong is also Advisory Director of Isola Capital Group, a multi-family office focused on private equity investments.
LEE WILLIAMSON
Editor, Generation T
LEE WILLIAMSON
Editor, Generation T
Lee Williamson is a Hong Kong-based journalist with a decade of experience in the Greater China region. Formerly in the editor’s chair at Time Out Beijing, he now heads up editorial for Generation T, Tatler Asia’s content and events platform for the leaders of tomorrow. He was selected as a WAN-IFRA Young Media Leaders Fellow 2020.
JOHN-SIMON PURCELL
Senior Director, Prosus Group (Naspers)
JOHN-SIMON PURCELL
Senior Director, Prosus Group (Naspers)
John-Simon Purcell is Senior Director, Product & Technical Strategy at Prosus Group/Naspers, where he advises on new venture investments and provides operating guidance to Prosus’ worldwide portfolio in the areas of product, growth, and technology. Prior to Prosus, John-Simon was Technical Director at Medialets, at the vanguard of the growing in-app rich media advertising industry. During his tenure there, John-Simon scaled systems to collect & analyze data for a product that was at one point on 85%+ of all iOS and Android devices. Previously, John-Simon guided Nokia’s Ovi Store, a B2C mobile experience with on-device and web based storefronts for billions of customers in every corner of the globe. A product globalization expert with boots-on-the-ground development & execution experience in over 120 markets, he also held several technology leadership roles at MTV Networks and Sun Microsystems. A requested presence at industry conferences, John-Simon started his career at Cambridge, MA startup Vermeer Technologies which was acquired by the Microsoft Corporation. John-Simon holds a B.A. from Boston University and a M.S. from Columbia University, in Computer Science respectively.
WILLIAM BAO BEAN
General Partner, SOSV. Managing Director, Chinaccelerator & MOX
WILLIAM BAO BEAN
General Partner, SOSV. Managing Director, Chinaccelerator & MOX
William is a General Partner at SOSV, a US$700m+ venture capital fund known as “the Accelerator VC” with a >30% net realized IRR, where he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, SOSV’s global Internet accelerator and the first accelerator in China and Managing Director of MOX, the mobile-only accelerator platform with 130m smartphone users in SE Asia. SOSV is the #3 most active lead Investor in the world in 2018 according to Crunchbase. William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was Managing Director supporting China investments. While at Innov8 he led investments including Yodo1 (mobile games), GMobi (mobile phone platform), DemystData (fintech), Lekan (children’s media platform), and Massive Impact which was acquired by GMobi. Previously, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a venture capital firm backed by Softbank and Cisco. While at SoftBank he led investments in Silk Road Telecom (SRT) – in mobile enterprise cloud SaaS, Playspan – a payment platform acquired by Visa (NYSE: V), Punch Entertainment – a Vietnam mobile game developer acquired
by DeNA (Tokyo: 2432), and Peacesoft – a Vietnam eCommerce and payment platform backed by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) and MOL Group (NASDAQ: MOLG). William spent 11 years as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for Internet and Telecom Equipment in Asia and China technology, media and telecom. William was an active angel investor with 39 investments 2004- 2014.
In 2006 he was ranked #3 All-Asia analyst for Technology/Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine Asia. In 2005, he was ranked #1 stock picker in Technology, Media and Telecom, and #3 overall for Hong Kong/China by Starmine Thompson Reuters. He currently sits on he boards of advisors/directors for Neonan, Yodo1, DYAD, GMobi, Silk Road Telecom, iTalki, kineticOne, Angelvest (天使谷), Angelcrunch (天使汇), AAMA Shanghai and Techyizu. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.
JENNIFER TAM
Director, Chicks
JENNIFER TAM
Director, Chicks
Jennifer Tam, an experienced brand strategist who worked with diverse clientele from SMEs to listed companies in both local and international market. She is now working at Chicks – a 67years old Hong Kong apparel brand specializes in quality innerwear for all ages.
As the 4th generation, she is continuing the brand’s legacy as well as enhancing all touch points from supply chain to brand experience for people who share the same believes – The best for the family.
HENNY SENDER
Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
HENNY SENDER
Chief Correspondent, International Finance, Financial Times
Henny Sender is chief correspondent for international finance at the Financial Times, based in Hong Kong.
Sender was part of a team at the Wall St Journal that won a Loeb award for coverage of the meltdown of Amaranth hedge fund. Her work on the overseas Chinese received a citation from the Overseas Press Club and she was a finalist for the National Magazine Awards. Her book on India was published by Oxford University Press.
Sender holds an MS from the Columbia University School of Journalism and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
ZELA CHIN
Principal Reporter, Pearl Magazine
ZELA CHIN
Principal Reporter, Pearl Magazine
An award-winning journalist, Zela is the principal reporter for the weekly, prime-time documentary program Pearl Magazine on TVB, the largest broadcaster in Hong Kong. Prior to launching Pearl Magazine, she was a reporter with TVB’s business feature program, Money Magazine. TVB shows reach 2.3 million households in the city, and over 300 million households worldwide. Zela started her career at CNN headquarters in the U.S. and later joined CNN in Hong Kong to produce Talk Asia. Highlights include interviews with Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, scientist Stephen Hawking and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.
KEVIN JOHAN WONG
CEO & Co-founder, Origami Labs
KEVIN JOHAN WONG
CEO & Co-founder, Origami Labs
Kevin is responsible for the overall vision, direction, and partnerships of Origami Labs. His previous experience includes General Manager of Kowloon Watch Company, a global luxury watch manufacturing, and retail operation, with expertise in wearables and product and development.
UPTIN SAIIDI
Multimedia Journalist, CNBC International
UPTIN SAIIDI
Multimedia Journalist, CNBC International
Uptin Saiidi is a Multimedia Journalist for CNBC International, currently based in Hong Kong.
He covers China, technology, travel, startups, sharing economy, the future of work and more. His stories can be seen across CNBC’s main T.V. channel, CNBC.com, YouTube and Facebook.
Uptin is the creator of the multi-platform series, “Office Envy,” which profiles future trends and innovative workplaces around the world.
In 2016, he relocated to Singapore from CNBC’s global headquarters, located outside of New York. He moved to Hong Kong in March 2018.
Prior to joining CNBC, Uptin worked at MTV News in New York.
Uptin is a graduate of The George Washington University where he studied Finance, International Business and Communications.
BEN WONG
Assistant General Manager, Eureka Nova, a New World Group Member
BEN WONG
Assistant General Manager, Eureka Nova, a New World Group Member
Ben manages and drives the strategy of Eureka Nova, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity and innovation. Through our accelerator programs, open competitions and sandboxes, participating startups work with New World Group’s business units and corporate partners to design innovative technologies that solve real business problems.
Prior to Eureka Nova, Ben founded Startup Launchpad, now Asia’s largest I.o.T. startup trade event. He has helped startups raise more than $2 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. He is an angel investor and regularly mentors in startup support programs.
He also holds positions as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Dongguan-Hong Kong Bay Area Association to drive innovation initiatives between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Ben graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
KENNETH KWOK
Founder and CEO, Global Citizen Capital
KENNETH KWOK
Founder and CEO, Global Citizen Capital
Mr. Kenneth Kwok is the Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Capital, an impact-oriented multi-family office investment venture based out of Hong Kong. Core focus sectors are: healthcare, biotech, logistics, technology and education.
Kenneth has worked 15 years in the finance industry, serving as the CIO to a large Chinese listed conglomerate as well as a financial professional at UBS AG and Deutsche Bank in the investment banking and equities divisions across ECM, Greater China Coverage and Corporate Finance teams. He has a cum laude dual degree from University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School of Business, speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and conversational French. He has lived in Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Tokyo, Vancouver, Philadelphia, New York and London.
He is passionate about social impact work through his Better Together Foundation, which supports minority communities and youth entrepreneurship related initiatives across Asia, and about health and well-being through his Co-President role at Asia World Anti-Aging and Well-Being Association (“AWAWA”). He is deeply passionate about the United Nations and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. As a contributor to global sustainability initiatives, he is a mentor and advisor to young leaders, scholars and fellows belonging to the World Economic Forum, Skoll Foundation, Gates Foundation, Obama Foundation and Open Societies Foundation. He is also a UPenn/Wharton alumni interview chair.
MAREME DIENG
Head of International Partnerships and Relations, Draper University
MAREME DIENG
Head of International Partnerships and Relations, Draper University
Mareme is currently the head of international partnerships and relations at DraperU. She has a 2 year experience working previously as a program manager for Draper University, an intensive entrepreneurship program in Silicon Valley before endorsing her current position. Mareme has worked for research centers in Paris (CNRS) and Senegal (ISM). She has also worked as the Hackathon Manager at Schoolab, an innovation studio based in Paris that offered consultancy in innovation to top European corporates. She is passionate about human development and structuring systems that maximize individuals' potential. She has worked with several educational organizations such as ISM Senegal and the Global Scholar Programs in Johannesburg, and has developed with them different educational models in order to promote entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation within the African education system. She has worked with the Global Startup Ecosystem on the programmation of the Ghana Tech Summit and the Haiti Tech Summit which both took place in 2018. She has also worked with the Lumina Foundation based in Indianapolis through a research project with Bennington College on investigating work integrated
learning and the ways we prepare college students for the workforce.
CATHERINE SO
Managing Director, North Asia Region, Expedia Group Brands
CATHERINE SO
Managing Director, North Asia Region, Expedia Group Brands
Catherine So is currently Managing Director of the North Asia region for Expedia Group brands and leads five key markets (Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan and Korea). She is responsible for the region’s performance, business strategy, local insights, market activation, as well as marketing, product and customer experience local relevancy- for Brand Expedia, Hotels.com and Vrbo/Homeaway.
So brings with her over 20 years of experience in the digital, e-commerce and media space, working across the Asia Pacific region, Greater China and the United States. Prior to joining Expedia Group, So was managing director of Groupon Hong Kong, one of the fastest growing e-commerce business in the region, covering three business verticals including Groupon Lead, Groupon Goods and Groupon Travel.
During her personal time, So enjoys playing tennis, swimming and hiking. She is also passionate about academic initiatives and has served as program director for the Hong Kong-Shanghai Future Young Leaders Internship Program and mentors several organizations including the Harvard Book Prize Mentorship program.
Based in Hong Kong, So speaks fluent English, Cantonese and Mandarin, and holds a B.A with honours in economics from Harvard University. She is also on the board of the Hong Kong Travel Industry Authority (TIA).
ANDREW TANG
Partner, Draper Associates
ANDREW TANG
Partner, Draper Associates
Andrew Tang is the Managing Director of Draper Dragon Fund and a Partner at Draper Associates, where he invests in early-stage technology companies and assists with their business development, particularly international market entry strategy and partnerships. He also serves as CEO of Draper University, which is an entrepreneurship education program located in Silicon Valley. In his spare time, Andy teaches finance and fundraising classes to student entrepreneurs, and enjoys the adventure of life with his wife and two sons.
BART BUIRING
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific, Marriott International, Inc.
BART BUIRING
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific, Marriott International, Inc.
Bart Buiring, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Asia Pacific oversees the Asia Pacific consumer strategy for the Marriott International core hotel business and brands. In this capacity, Bart provides leadership for the Sales, Marketing, Revenue Management, Brand Management & Operations, Digital, Communications, Loyalty, and Consumer Insights functions in the region. In close partnership with the Continent presidents, as leader of the regional Sales & Marketing teams, Bart is accountable for top-line rooms and Food & Beverage revenue generation budgeted to approximately $11.5 billion across a growing portfolio of 800 hotels, 24 brands, and in 23 countries. Bart began his tenure with Marriott International 19 years ago in India, as opening Food & Beverage Director of the JW Marriott Mumbai. He was later promoted to Director of Operations at the same hotel, later moving to Area Director of Operations for South East Asia, India, and Australia, before taking a role as head of regional Food & Beverage in Asia Pacific.
Bart moved to the United States in 2008 to serve as Corporate Vice President, Food & Beverage for The Ritz-Carlton, and returned to Asia Pacific in 2010 to establish the Continent Lodging Services structure—which included Rooms, F&B, Culinary,
Engineering, Procurement, and a team of talented Area Directors of Operations. Bart was promoted to Senior Vice President, Continent Operations in 2013 with a dual role as market leader with profit and loss responsibility for the South Korea market.
Bart is passionate about the guest experience, and during his tenure has exponentially lifted the APAC guestVoice scores, leading in terms of Intent to Recommend and Elite Appreciation performance. He has always been a strong advocate for BSA compliance and working in close partnership with Brand teams at Marriott International headquarters and in Continent to deliver relevant, localized, branded customer experiences.
HONNUS CHEUNG
Co-Founder, Mojodomo Group; Founder, Twenty20 Limited
HONNUS CHEUNG
Co-Founder, Mojodomo Group; Founder, Twenty20 Limited
Honnus has 20 years of start up and finance experience in the high-tech, on-line media, e-commerce and travel industries. She is currently the Co-Founder of Mojodomo Group and the Founder of Twenty20 Limited. She is also the INED and Audit Committee Chairman for Iclick (NASDAQ:ICLK) which is China’s largest independent online marketing technology platform. She is the mentor of she1K which is the world’s first corporate executive angel syndicate with 80% female representation that empowers and funds early stage startups. She was the CFO, Asia and General Manager, China for Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) and she was the Founding Senior Executive.
Prior to Travelzoo, Honnus worked as the Regional Finance Director for Yahoo Asia for nine years and she was the founding member for Yahoo Asia. At that time, she was heavily involved in setting up the Asia operation and dealing with mergers and acquisitions, including the strategic investment with Alibaba. She has also held various professional positions with American Standard Inc and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Honnus has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Queensland, Australia and an MBA from Northwestern University, United States. Ms. Cheung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Certified Public Accountants of Hong Kong (FCPA); the Certified Practising Accountants of Australia (FCPA); and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (FHKIoD). She is She frequently contributes to leading professional publications and a frequent speaker in the startup and finance community.
DAVID CHANG
Managing Partner, Mindworks
DAVID CHANG
Managing Partner, Mindworks
David has been involved with some of the most transformative companies to emerge from Silicon Valley and Asia. David advised his family office and invested on its behalf with a focus on media technologies. Their previous investments include Buslogic (became Mylex), Crossroads Systems, Alvesta, Ledel Semiconductors (acquired by Siliconix), and UT Starcom. David has worked as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley, Vice President in Credit Suisse and Director at Guosen Securities in Hong Kong covering the Greater China region.
David is a board member across 13 companies including Lalamove, Qupital, and Grana. He is also the director and school board member of Kiangsu-Chekiang College.
He graduated from the University Of California, San Diego with double bachelor degrees.
JEANNE LIM
Board Director, Kami Intelligence and Hanson Robotics
JEANNE LIM
Board Director, Kami Intelligence and Hanson Robotics
Jeanne is the founder and CEO of Nama Institute which advocates a conscious approach to living, leading, and innovating. She is a board member and advisor of Kami Intelligence Limited., an AI company developing a conversational AI platform that powers customer service, advisory, talent management, and educational solutions. She is a board member and former CEO of Hanson Robotics Limited, an AI and robotics company dedicated to creating socially intelligent machines that enrich the quality of people’s lives. She joined the company as the Chief Marketing Officer, and was the brand manager and co-character lead of Sophia the robot.
Jeanne is a director of Himalayan Consensus Institute, an NGO involved in social enterprise development and climate protection.
Jeanne has over 25 years of marketing experience in the technology industry, as the Asia Pacific marketing director for Dell, Cisco, 3Com, as well as corporate marketing director for a Silicon Valley-funded internet startup. She was the product and business manager for Apple in Asia Pacific, responsible for the launch of many of Apple’s groundbreaking products in the region.
She has a Ph.D. degree in integrated and holistic health, an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a BA degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.
She is a certified yoga instructor and a life-long student of Buddhist and yoga philosophy, having completed Georg Feuerstein’s five-year Traditional Yoga Studies course. She has a passion for art appreciation, creative writing, photography, swimming, and hiking.